diff --git a/include/sound/hdaudio_ext.h b/include/sound/hdaudio_ext.h
index 877661629322..0f89df1511dc 100644
--- a/include/sound/hdaudio_ext.h
+++ b/include/sound/hdaudio_ext.h
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ void snd_hdac_ext_stream_init(struct hdac_ext_bus *bus,
 int snd_hdac_ext_stream_init_all(struct hdac_ext_bus *ebus, int start_idx,
 		int num_stream, int dir);
 void snd_hdac_stream_free_all(struct hdac_ext_bus *ebus);
+void snd_hdac_link_free_all(struct hdac_ext_bus *ebus);
 struct hdac_ext_stream *snd_hdac_ext_stream_assign(struct hdac_ext_bus *bus,
 					   struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 					   int type);
diff --git a/sound/hda/ext/hdac_ext_controller.c b/sound/hda/ext/hdac_ext_controller.c
index adffc89541c9..b2da19b60f4e 100644
--- a/sound/hda/ext/hdac_ext_controller.c
+++ b/sound/hda/ext/hdac_ext_controller.c
@@ -193,6 +193,24 @@ int snd_hdac_ext_bus_get_ml_capabilities(struct hdac_ext_bus *ebus)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_hdac_ext_bus_get_ml_capabilities);
 
+/**
+ * snd_hdac_link_free_all- free hdac extended link objects
+ *
+ * @ebus: HD-audio ext core bus
+ */
+
+void snd_hdac_link_free_all(struct hdac_ext_bus *ebus)
+{
+	struct hdac_ext_link *l;
+
+	while (!list_empty(&ebus->hlink_list)) {
+		l = list_first_entry(&ebus->hlink_list, struct hdac_ext_link, list);
+		list_del(&l->list);
+		kfree(l);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_hdac_link_free_all);
+
 /**
  * snd_hdac_ext_bus_get_link_index - get link based on codec name
  * @ebus: HD-audio extended core bus